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BirdPix:   95544
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1832BA
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2019-08-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   14215
Species name:   FAMILY Apodidae
Common name:   Swifts (unidentified)
Family:   Apodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Scarce Swift
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-95544
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 95544 - photo: 1
VM-number: 95544 - photo: 2
VM-number: 95544 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Not 100% sure. Tail doesn't look long enough except in the second photo.
Date:   2019-10-24 16:13:50
Species name:   Schoutedenapus myoptilus -- Scarce Swift; Skaarswindswael
Species code:   904
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   The tail shape and shallower / shorter fork is more typical of an Apus swift (A. apus or A. barbatus) than Scarce Swift.
Date:   2019-10-27 07:10:40
Species name:   FAMILY Apodidae -- Swifts (unidentified)
Species code:   14215

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